Thorn Kief Hillsbery is an American novelist. He is the author of '' War Boy'' and '' What We Do Is Secret'', which was nominated for a

Lambda Literary Award Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ literature.The awards were instituted i ...

. He was born in

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, and attended

Evergreen State College The Evergreen State College is a public liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington. Founded in 1967, it offers a non-traditional undergraduate curriculum in which students have the option to design their own study towards a degree or follow a p ...

. He currently lives in

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, and teaches a creative writing workshop at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. He is openly

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...

."The Next Brokeback". '' The Advocate'', May 9, 2006.

Bibliography

* ''War Boy'', Rob Weisbach Books, 2000. * ''What We Do Is Secret'',

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, 2005. * ''Empire Made'', Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. (in press)

References

External links

the author's website
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